Festucula

Festucula is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[2]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains eight species, found only in Africa and Israel:^[1]

• Festucula australis Lawrence, 1927 – Congo, Angola, Namibia
• Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) – Eastern Africa
• Festucula haddadi Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula lawrencei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Festucula leroyae Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – Botswana, South Africa
• Festucula lineata Simon, 1901 – Senegal to Nigeria
• Festucula robustus Azarkina & Foord, 2014 – South Africa
• Festucula vermiformis Simon, 1901 (type) – Egypt, Sudan, Israel

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